[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 59.1.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 59.1.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 59.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [59.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1.2) About a month after the leaves have made their appearance, the fruit is sour, and is used for preserves and pickles. It improves the taste of qalyahs (p. 61.) as long as the stone has not become hard. If a fruit gets injured whilst on the tree, its good smell will increase. Such mangoes are called Asílés. The fruit is generally taken down when unripe, and kept in a particular manner. Mangoes ripened in this manner are much finer. They mostly commence to ripen during summer, and are fit to be eaten during the rains; others commence in the rainy season, and are ripe in the beginning of winter: the latter are called Bháddiyyah. Some trees bloom and yield fruit the whole year; but this is rare. Others commence to ripen, although they look unripe; they must be quickly taken down; else the sweetness would produce worms. Mangoes are to be found every where in India, especially in Bengal, Gujrát, Málwah, Khándésh, and the Dekhan. They are rarer in the Panjáb, where their cultivation has, however, increased, since his Majesty made Láhor his capital. A young tree will bear fruit after four years. They put also milk and treacle round about the tree, which makes the fruits sweeter. Some trees yield in one year a rich harvest, and less in the next: others yield for one year no fruit at all. When people eat a great deal of mangoes, they may promote digestion by partaking of milk with the kernels of the mangoe stones. - [Previous: 59.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1.1) - [Next: 59.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1.3) - [Up: 59.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.59.1.2) · Pramāṇa